Overview
- The guard was convicted for trying to bring a mobile phone to an inmate by hiding it under a coffee thermos, wrapped in brown tape.
- She received a three-year sentence, with two years to be served under electronic monitoring.
- Security staff found the device in her locker after she abandoned the thermos when facing a non-systematic screening at the prison entrance.
- The intended recipient was acquitted on the corruption count but was sentenced to 12 months in prison for drug possession uncovered during a search.
- Earlier in January, four prison-affiliated individuals, including a guard, were sentenced to two to three years for corruption, as Marseille’s prosecutor has launched a dedicated anticorruption unit now handling about 20 inquiries.